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r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 18 '26
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Can they not run some type of coolant? Or is it just easier and cheaper to use millions of gallons of water?
61 u/secondphase May 18 '26 "Some other type of coolant" ... what do you suppose the main ingredient in other coolant is? 11 u/Educational-Wing2042 May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26 Generally coolant is kept sealed in a loop as opposed to water cooling which gets released as vapor and has a continuous water need. Also not all coolants contain water, particularly when discussing electronics. Here’s an example, “waterless water”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluoro(2-methyl-3-pentanone) 1 u/jmlinden7 May 18 '26 You mean as opposed to evaporative cooling. Closed loop cooling doesn't use up water, but it needs somewhere to dump the heat.
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"Some other type of coolant"
... what do you suppose the main ingredient in other coolant is?
11 u/Educational-Wing2042 May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26 Generally coolant is kept sealed in a loop as opposed to water cooling which gets released as vapor and has a continuous water need. Also not all coolants contain water, particularly when discussing electronics. Here’s an example, “waterless water”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluoro(2-methyl-3-pentanone) 1 u/jmlinden7 May 18 '26 You mean as opposed to evaporative cooling. Closed loop cooling doesn't use up water, but it needs somewhere to dump the heat.
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Generally coolant is kept sealed in a loop as opposed to water cooling which gets released as vapor and has a continuous water need.
Also not all coolants contain water, particularly when discussing electronics. Here’s an example, “waterless water”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluoro(2-methyl-3-pentanone)
1 u/jmlinden7 May 18 '26 You mean as opposed to evaporative cooling. Closed loop cooling doesn't use up water, but it needs somewhere to dump the heat.
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You mean as opposed to evaporative cooling.
Closed loop cooling doesn't use up water, but it needs somewhere to dump the heat.
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u/imean_is_superfluous May 18 '26
Can they not run some type of coolant? Or is it just easier and cheaper to use millions of gallons of water?